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After Nine Years Without Ordinations, Argentine Diocese has a New Priest. Here’s his Story

May 15, 2023

After nine years without priestly ordinations, the Diocese of Alto Valle de Río Negro in Argentina on May 1 celebrated the ordination of Father Alexis Oser, 27.

Pope Francis spoke about the Christian roots of Hungary during his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis Revisits "very painful" Jesuit Abductions in 1970s Argentina

May 10, 2023

Pope Francis has reflected on the “deep wounds” the Argentine dictatorship caused to two Jesuit priests the government abducted and tortured in the 1970s while the future pontiff was provincial of the Society of Jesus in Argentina.

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope on March 13, 2013. | Vatican Media

Church in Argentina to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Election to Papacy

Jan 12, 2023

The executive committee of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference invited the country’s faithful to celebrate “with joy and fervor” the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the successor of St. Peter.

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At the Angelus on Nov. 3, 2024, Pope Francis asked for prayers for Valencia, a region in southeast Spain that was hit by devastating flash flooding in late October. / Credit: Vatican Media

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